Father fears cost of school iPad plan

A cash-strapped father fears he will have to borrow from the credit union if his local secondary school goes ahead with plans to introduce iPads this year.

Carndonagh Community School in Co Donegal hosted an information meeting recently to discuss proposals to introduce tablet computers for 180 first year pupils in September.

But not all parents are happy about the school going down the ebook route. “The cost of the iPad system is €750, according to information that we recently received from the school,” said the man, who did not want to be named.